Chinese Voices Project: Places

Red Leaves in the Western Hills (1.1 / 257)
Joanna Hsu
Come autumn, a favorite retreat of Beijingers
is the nearby mountain range of the Western Hills. At some of the more
popular sites, though, the visitors can seem to outnumber the leaves.

Visas and Vodka (1.1 / 505)
Joanna Hsu
Beijng's Chaoyang district is known for its glittering
highrises, glamorous shops, and ritzy cosmopolitan lifestyle. It is also
home to a remarkable concentration of embassies and bars, all of which
serve, in their own ways, the noble cause of cross-cultural understanding!

Not Your Geography Teacher's Yangtze River (1.4 / 404)
Joanna Hsu
At 3900 miles, the Yangtze River(Changjiang)
is still the longest river in Asia. A recent television series documents
its transformation over the past 20 years and brings its historical significance
to life.

The Sound of the Doves (2.4 / 440)
Alice Yue
Once a familiar sound in the skies of old
Beijing neighborhoods, the distinctive whistling of homing pigeons in
flight is rarely heard now, but it remains richly evocative for those
who still remember life in the hutongs.